The boss is waiting in his office for us to come and explain why we failed to finish this work on time.
老板在他的办公室里等着我们前去说明未能按期完成这个工作的理由。
but fearing that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind.
但又害怕再也见不到拉斯特斯——这点,信上说得十分明白——于是便改变了主意。